HONG KONG: Long-awaited verdicts in Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai's national security trial will be delivered on Monday (Dec 15), one of the city's most closely watched rulings sinc

A Hong Kong court found Jimmy Lai guilty on charges of colluding with foreign forces and sedition, under a China-imposed national security law.

The 78-year-old became a leading figure advocating democracy in the former British territory.

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai was found guilty Monday on three national security charges, a conviction rights groups denounced as a death knell for press freedoms in the Chinese financial hub.

Dec. 14 (UPI) -- A Hong Kong court on Monday convicted Jimmy Lai, one of the city's most prominent pro-democracy figures and the founder of the now-defunct newspaper Apple Daily, in a landmark national security case that stems from months of mass pro-democracy protests that rocked the city in 2019 and 2020.

A rags-to-riches tycoon, Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai is a self-styled "troublemaker" who has long been a thorn in Beijing's side with his caustic tabloids and unapologetic support for democracy. - Tiananmen watershed - Lai rose from poverty, like many Hong Kong tycoons.

A rags-to-riches tycoon, Hong Kong media boss Jimmy Lai is a self-styled "troublemaker" who has long been a thorn in Beijing's side with his caustic tabloids and unapologetic support for democracy. - Tiananmen watershed - Lai rose from poverty, like many Hong Kong tycoons.

A Hong Kong court will decide on Monday whether pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai is guilty of national security crimes, in a case that has sparked international concern over the city's political freedoms. - On Monday morning, High Court judges Esther Toh, Alex Lee and Susana D'Almada Remedios will decide if Lai is guilty or not guilty of each of the three charges.

A Hong Kong court will decide on Monday whether pro-democracy media mogul Jimmy Lai is guilty of national security crimes, in a case that has sparked international concern over the city's political freedoms. - On Monday morning, High Court judges Esther Toh, Alex Lee and Susana D'Almada Remedios will decide if Lai is guilty or not guilty of each of the three charges.

Hong Kong pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has been found guilty on two counts of foreign collusion and of seditious publication, in one of the Chinese city's highest-profile national security trials.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party has decided to disband, the group announced Sunday (Dec 14), after its members formally voted to dissolve the organisation and enter liquidation.The Democratic Party was founded in 1994, near the end of British colonial rule, when Hong Kong

Hong Kong's oldest pro-democracy party has decided to disband, the group announced Sunday, after its members formally voted to dissolve the organisation and enter liquidation. The Democratic Party was founded in 1994, near the end of British colonial rule, when Hong Kong's leading liberal groups merged. "Over these thirty years,…

Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, has been convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life.

Hong Kong court to announce verdicts for media mogul Jimmy Lai on December 15 in a high-profile national security trial.

He founded Apple Daily, a fiercely pro-democracy tabloid known for its sharp criticism of the Chinese Communist Party, before the newspaper was forced to shut down in 2021.

HONG KONG: Hong Kong's last major opposition party disbanded on Sunday (Dec 14) after a vote by its members, the culmination of Chinese pressure on the city's remaining liberal voices in a years-long security crackdown.The Democratic Party has been Hong Kong's flagship opposition since its founding three year

Jimmy Lai, a Hong Kong media tycoon, faces life imprisonment after his national security trial for opposing Beijing's rule.

Jimmy Lai, the pro-democracy former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial in the city’s court on Monday, which could send him to prison for the rest of his life. Three government-vetted judges found Lai, 78, guilty of conspiring with…

Former Hong Kong media mogul Jimmy Lai, a vocal critic of China's Communist Party, has been convicted of conspiracies of sedition and foreign collusion under a national security law.

Jimmy Lai, the former Hong Kong media mogul and outspoken critic of Beijing, was convicted in a landmark national security trial.

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong’s biggest pro-democracy party voted Sunday to dissolve after more than 30 years of activism, marking the end of an era of the Chinese semiautonomous city ‘s once-diverse political landscape. Democratic Party chairperson Lo Kin-hei said the political environment was “one important point” among the factors they considered, and about […]

The 78-year-old faces life in prison.